Metallic railway cross-tie and rail-brace.



J. D. MYERS. METALLIC RAILWAY GROSS TIE AND RAIL BRAGE.

. LPPLIGATIONI'ILED AUG. 18, 1906.

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PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

JOHN D. MYERS, OF PIKEVILLE,'OHIO.

METALLIC RAILWAY CROSS-TEE AND RAIL-BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent. annimmnfina August 18, 1906. Serial No. 331,16

Patented Dec. 1 1,

To all whom it n'L-ay concern.-

Be it'known that 1, JOHN D. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pikeville,.in the'county of Darlrc and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful -lmprovennents in Metallic Railway Cross- Ties and Rail-Braces, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has relation to an improvement in metallic railway cross-ties and railbraces, the object being to produce a tie and brace of such. a character as will combine the qualities of strength and durability and which when pro perlv attacl'ied to the ordinary American or H steel rail of a railw'avtrack will retain its position under heavy weights will permit of the free expansion and contraction of the rails, will prevent the rails from sprcading or careening, and will maintain the alinement and gage of the track under all conditions.

It is a further ohject of my invention to produce such a tie and brace from sheet Inetal'and to. provide simple and effectual means of attaching the rails and holding them in position on the tie.

These and other objects and advantages will more fully appear when taken, in connection with the annexed drawings, of which-- Figure 1 is a top view of the tie and brace with rails attached. Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the tie and brace as they appear from the side and shows the construction of the tie when built in two sections and the method of attaching and bracing the rails. Fig. 3 re resents the middle portion of the tie when built in one section. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of' the tie, Fig. 5 is atop view of the rail-brace and shows the L-shaped slot necessary to its proper adjustment and the position of the bolts therein when attached to the rail. Figs. 6 and 7 represent, respectively, end and side views of the rail bracc and show the position of the attaching-bolts in. the L-shapcd slot.

Similar letters indicate similar parts in all of the figures.

deterring by letter to said drawingsfli A indicate ordinary steel American or H rails of a raibray-track.

B B indicate my metallic railway crosstie which to conform to the gage of the track and the solidity of the road-bed may be of any desired length and width, constructed in two sections,'having a top plate (I (J, formed either from one piece of metal or by riveting or bolting to under plates c a metallic sheets I) b I; I) of lighter weight, but in either event having equidistant. from the ends of the tie and separated from each other a distance er ual to the gage of the track transverse channels 0 c of sufiicicnt width and depth to receive and conform to the base of the rails. i

Metallic trusses (Z d, quadrangular in shape and having the ends turned or deflected in such manner as to form rest-s for the top plates (1 (l and being equal in width thereto, are attached longitudinally to the under side of the to plates C C at e c e by means of rivets or )OltS passing through the turned or deflected ends of the trusses and the top plates C C, the attachments being made on both sides of the channels 0 0, but in such. manner to leave space between the inner ends of the trusses. This construction eflcctually prevents the tiefrom slipping endwise under the impact of heavy weights.

H-braces l) l), conl'ormii'ig in length to the width of the top plates (l (and the trusses d d and constructed by riveting to platesff channel-braccs g g g g, are set transversely to the cross-tic directly beneath. the channels c c and are attached to the top plates C C and lower portions oi the trusses d d by means of rivets or bolts, the rivets or bolts attaching these braces to the top plates (l (7 length to the wid 1b. of the tie, are set transversely between: the braces i) l.) and the ends of the trusses d d and are attached by rivets o1 bolts to the top plates (J C and the lower portions of the 1 russes d d.-

Boll s passing through the inner ends of top plates (1- and upper and lower plates i i unite the two sections of the tie. B this construction one-halt oi the tie may Je removed from the track Without disturbing the remaining portion thereof.

it is to be observed that the tie may be builtfin one scction, lig. 3 representing the middle portion. of the top plate thereof when thus constructed.

.Thc rail-brace, Figs. 5, 6, and 7, is formed from sheet metal by a series of backward angular deflections in. such manner as to con- IIO form to the channel of the rail and at the same time having the ends compressed together, one above the other, forming a base with a lug k on the side of the lower portion thereof, and havin an L-shaped slot Z cut transversely from the center or the base j-to the center of the lug Ir, thence inwardly toward the rail, forming bolt rests or stops mmmm.

With the base of the rail resting in one of the channels 0 c of the cross-tie the brace is adjusted and firmly locked in position against the rail by means of bolts 11- and 0, passing through holes in the top lates C and the extreme ends of the slot l, the bolt n being first inserted, as its free movement in the slot facilitates the adjustment of the brace to the rail.

It will be seen that the bolt n receives the force of any impact against the ball of the rail in a side direction, while the principal use of the bolt 0 is to lock. the brace in position against the rail, and, if desired, may be omitted.

Cotter-pins p p are passed through the ends of bolts n and 0 on the outside of the nuts after the same are tightened and spread to afford further security.

I am aware that there are certain positions in which the rail-brace cannot be used for want of space, as between switchoints and the divergent rails of frogs. l rails may be secured to the tie by clamping heavy washers over the base of the rails by means of bolts passing throu h the top plate, or the rails may be attached thereto by use of bolt-spikes passing through square holes in the top plate.

When it 1s necessary to use cross-ties of extrelne length, as among frogs and switches, the nu mber of transverse channels in the top plate, as well as the number of truss-bearings, may be increased.

It is to be observed that the tie is adaptable to iron bridges, it being attached thereto by means of bolts passing through the bottom portion of trusses d d and the stringers of the bridge I l hrt'c thus provided a combination oi a railway cross-tie and rail-brace which may be constructed entirely from sheet metal, which combines the qualities of strength and durability, which permits ol'thc lrcc expansion and contraction of the rails without injury to the track, and, l'urthcrmorc, when properly adjusted it will-prevent the rails from spreading or cnrccning and will maintziin thc alincmcnt and gage of thc track uridcr all conditions.

llaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire. to secure by licitcl's llatcnt, is-

l. The combination with the American or H steel rail of a railway-track ol a metallic railway cross-tic and rail-brace, thc tic con- In sue 1 cases the saaoee sisting of a top plate, with transverse chanthe del'lected ends of quadrangular-shaped trusses attached longitudinally to the under side thereof, the top plate and trusses being supported by H-braces set transversel to the top plate directly beneath the c annels therein, and Z-braces set transversely to the right and left thereof, all of which braces are attached to the top plate and the bottom portion of the trusses, and having metallic rail-braces each of which is constructed by a series of backward angular deflections in such manner as to conform to the channel of the rail, with the ends compressed together one above the other, forming a base, with a lug on the side of the lower portion thereof, and with an L-shaped slot cut trztnsversely from the center of the base to the center of the lug, thence inwardly toward the rail, and attached by means of bolts passed through holes in the top plate, and the extreme ends of the slot, and locked with nuts and cotterpins, all substantially as specified.

2. A metallic railway cross-tie consisting of a top plate with transverse channels for the reception of rails resting on metallic trusses quadrangular in shape with dellected ends forming rests, set longitudinally thereto,

to the under side of .the top plate, the top plate and trusses being supported by H- rectly beneath the channels therein and Z- braces set transversel to the right and left thereof, all of which braces are attached to the top plate'and the lower portion of the trusses, all substantially as set forth.

3. A rail-brace, formed from sheet metal by a series of backward angular d ellections, in such manner as to conform to the channel of thcrail, and having the ends compressed -or rest with a lug on the side of the lower portion thereof, and with an L-shapod slot cut transversely from the center of the base to the center oi" the lug; thcncc inwardly toward the rail forming rests or stops 'lol bolts, and attached by means of bolts pas d through holes in the top plate of thc cusw tie and the extreme ends otthc slots and locked with nuts and cotter-pins, all as et forth.

' -l. A metallic railway cross-tic having a top plate constructed in two sections by dividing transversely in the middle, the seclions being united by upper and lower plates bolted through and across the inner ends ,thcrcol" and having transverse channels tor the reception of the rails, the top plate resting on quadrangnlar-shapcd trusses. with dcllcctcdwnds forming rests, set longitudinally thereto, the deflected-ends of each truss be- 1 ing allachcd lo the under side of the top plnlc, lhc top plate and trusses being sunthe deflected ends of each truss being attached )races set transversely to the top plate di-- together, one above the other, forming a base nels for the reception of the rails, resting on v are attached to the top plate and the lower portion of thetrusses, all as specified.

5. A metallic railway cross-tie having a top plate formed by riveting to a metallic under plate metallic sheets of lighter Weight,

but 111 such manner as to leave transverse channels for the'reception of the rails, the

top dplate resting on the deflected ends of qua angular-shaped trusses, attached longitudinally to the underside thereof, the top plate and trusses being supported by H- 15 races set transversely to the top plate directly beneath the channels therein, and Z- braces set, transversely, to the right and left thereof, all of which braces are attached. to

the top plate and the bottom portion of the 20 trusses, all as set forth.

JOHN D. MYERS. Wit'nesses:

HARRY VANCE,

THOMAS B. IVIILLER. 

